thatjsguy

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by thatjsguy 8y ago
I like the part where they silently remove shows, but very publicly announce all of the wonderful additions they’ve made to their selection in the past month.
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by thatjsguy 8y ago
“Turn your key, sir.”
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by thatjsguy 8y ago
Is that why nobody speeds in the US even with speed traps? Oh wait..
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by thatjsguy 8y ago
How would you prevent new housing stock from being similarly bought up?
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by thatjsguy 8y ago
If you take Psychology 101 you’ll learn that punishment very rarely dissuades people from doing things society doesn’t want them to do, especially basic bodily functions. Maybe we should design cities such that people don’t feel the need to
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by thatjsguy 8y ago
Pretty sure being able to afford food, a home, and healthcare is much more beneficial to society as a whole than having a poor underclass of laborers. But hey, maybe it’s the stuff you said too.
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by thatjsguy 8y ago
Do you live in a city or a suburb?
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by thatjsguy 8y ago
Good lord, just park and walk. Or use that bike lane. Cities have an overabundance of expensive parking [1], which does nothing but waste space and act as giant thermal batteries. Everyone loves complaining about traffic, but we don’t seem
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by thatjsguy 8y ago
Because the people who should be working hard to change government simply aren’t. In the US, city governments ARE “the people”. If you have a city council, start going to meetings. It’s a great way to see how your local government actually
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by thatjsguy 8y ago
“Food and drink companies knew all along that sugar was making you obese and diabetic.”
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by thatjsguy 8y ago
> Engineers are not philosophers and should not be placed in this role. Which is how we wind up with companies hell-bent on vacuuming up as much data as possible and selling it to anyone who asks. Perhaps if some software developers (or,
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by thatjsguy 8y ago
> If anything, that shows a lack of proper hiring decision on you and your team's part. Hey, friend! I had no control over hiring for that gig.
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by thatjsguy 8y ago
> How clueless can you be? I mean, if you’re junior and you’ve just learned JavaScript, it’s not difficult. I’ve met a lot of monied people who seem to think a junior dev with a few weeks of JavaScript training is equivalent to a senior
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by thatjsguy 8y ago
I mean this in the nicest possible way: I see this all the time with the JavaScript set and I am absolutely not the least bit surprised. I used to work on a team that was TypeScript top to bottom, with people who didn’t really even understa